Are Your Parks Meeting Everyone’s Needs?
Inclusive Accessible Interactive ADA Compliant These are all words that get thrown around interchangeably lately when designing a new park or making updates to an aging one. But how well are the needs of each park user being met? These terms may get used interchangeably, but they are very different. To produce a park that… Read More »
Tags: Accessible, Accessible Park, ADA Accessbile, ADA-Compliant, Inclusive, Inclusive Design, Inclusive Park Design, Interactive, Park Design, Splashpad
Good Roundabout Design Balances Safety and Performance
By Kevin Kuhlow, PE Properly designed roundabouts can provide excellent operations, improve safety by reducing serious injury and fatal crashes, and provide better bicycle and pedestrian accommodations. When designed improperly, however, not only can crashes increase, but one poorly designed roundabout also can significantly hinder an agency’s ability to implement additional roundabouts. If drivers go… Read More »
Tags: Conceptual Alternatives, Multi-Lane Roundabouts, Operational Analysis, Public Involvement, roundabout, Roundabout Design, Traffic
How to Make a Kayak/Canoe Launch ADA-Compliant
By Craig Schuh, PE “And now I sign legislation, which takes a sledgehammer to another wall, one which has for too many generations separated Americans with disabilities from the freedom they could glimpse, but not grasp. Once again, we rejoice as this barrier falls for claiming together we will not accept, we will not excuse,… Read More »
Tags: ADA-Compliant, Americans with Disabilities Act, Canoe Launch, Gangway Slope, Handrails, Kayak Launch, Marine Conditions, Structure